磐
rock; crag; cliff; wall (in a mine)
15 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 1701.
Readings
- バン (on reading): 常磐線 (じょうばんせん) Jōban line; 磐越西線 (ばんえつさいせん) Ban'etsu West Line
- いわ (kun reading): ジュビロ磐田 (ジュビロいわた) Jubilo Iwata (professional football club); 磐座 (いわくら) dwelling place of a deity (usu. in reference to a large rock)
- ハン (on reading)
- Read as a whole word: 常磐大学 (ときわだいがく) Tokiwa University; 常磐会学園大学 (ときわかいがくえんだいがく) Tokiwakai Gakuen University
Components
- 般
- 石
- 几 radical table
- 又 radical again; right hand
- 口 radical mouth
- 殳 radical weapon; strike
- 石 radical stone
- 舟 radical boat
Words using 磐
- 常磐線 (じょうばんせん) Jōban line
- 磐越西線 (ばんえつさいせん) Ban'etsu West Line
- 常磐短期大学 (じょうばんたんきだいがく) Tokiwa Junior College
- ジュビロ磐田 (ジュビロいわた) Jubilo Iwata (professional football club)
- 磐座 (いわくら) dwelling place of a deity (usu. in reference to a large rock)
- 磐境 (いわさか) shrine
- 磐城 (いわき) Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)
- 常磐大学 (ときわだいがく) Tokiwa University
- 常磐会学園大学 (ときわかいがくえんだいがく) Tokiwakai Gakuen University
- 常磐 (ときわ) everlasting
- 常磐津 (ときわず) style of jōruri narrative used for kabuki dances
- 常磐木 (ときわぎ) evergreen tree
- 常磐津節 (ときわずぶし) style of jōruri narrative used for kabuki dances